ou going?” The boy asked.“Far out to come in when the wind shifts. I want to be out before it’s light,” the old man said. “I’ll try to get him to work far out, the boy said, then if you have something truly big we can come to your aid” (14).Manolin is also concerned about whether or not Santiago has any food to eat. Santiago’s pride leads him to lie to Manolin about having food to eat. But out of respect for Santiago, the boy says nothing about it (16). Manolin knows that the old man is weak and poor, so he offers to get him food, but Santiago refuses (12). With this knowledge Manolin must result in stealing or begging to get food for him. After Santiago’s fishing expedition Manolin will not let Santiago go far off, by himself, again. “Now we fish together again, the boy said.”“No. I am not lucky. I am not lucky anymore.”“The hell with luck”, the boy said, “I’ll bring the luck with me”(125).Another trait of the novel is determination. Santiago’s determination keeps him with the fish, no matter how much pain he goes through. “I hate a cramp, he thought. It is a treachery of one’s own body…especially when one is alone” (61-62). This shows that the actual feeling of pain does not bother him as much as the knowledge that he is in pain. He can endure a lot of pain for an old man, but he cannot endure this pain forever. “He felt the line carefully with his right hand and noticed his hand was bleeding” (55-56). This shows how he does not even feel himself start bleeding, or feel what made him start to bleed. His determination is also showed when he tells the fish, “I’ll stay with you until I am dead” (52). Santiago knows that he is running low on food and water, but he refuses to give the fish up. Santiago’s determination is further illustrated when he ...
